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car will only start with starter fluid than die

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Old 06-14-06, 04:46 PM
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car will only start with starter fluid than die

im not sure if anyone else has this promblem and i tried seachering and found nothing on it. so flame me if you must i just need some advice. well i have a 88. the car sounds like it is about to turn over but never does on its on. it will start with started fluid but a few seconds later will just cut off. do i have a vacum hose leak, is my afm bad im lost. i do have spark and i am getting fuel from what it seems. fuel leaks out when i pull the fuel line off the engine. please help i need my car to get running i have no other
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If you have a vacuum leak then the car will not start. Especially if its severe enough.
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Also make sure your fuel pump is working, and that your EGI fuse isn't blown. That happened to me one day, I had a wire that was grounding out the EGI fuse and blowing it, which caused me to not get any fuel.
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